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Quentin Irvine’s house in Victoria’s Beaufort, 165 kilometres west of Melbourne, was built to go the distance – and beyond.
All the elements of The Recyclable House, or at least the vast majority, will find new lives down the track.
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‘My profession was actually as an opera singer. I was singing professionally until I was about 60 – that was 30 years ago.
I’ve only been doing ballet classes since Tina (professional ballet dancer and choreographer Tina Yong) started running it at ReCreation Health Club Trackside in Hampton a few years ago. Tina said to me, “You should come to ballet”.
I said, “At 86, 87?” And she said, “Yes, you can do it”.’
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Ever feel like you’re a throwback to a different generation, or perhaps even born ahead of your time?
Associate Professor Andrew Singleton, a sociologist with Deakin’s School of Humanities and Social Sciences, says characterising different generations can be tricky – for every ‘rule’ there’s someone who won’t fit the mould.
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